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Family Services Association settles discrimination lawsuit
DAYTON — Family Services Association, Inc., a Dayton-based community service provider, has agreed to settle a disability discrimination filed on behalf of a former employee who is hearing impaired, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday, March 1.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in September 2008, charged that FSA refused to promote Deron Emmons because of his disability. Emmons has a profound hearing impairment and is unable to speak, according to the complaint.
The FSA made Emmons “an inferior and disingenuous offer” to be director of Community Services for the Deaf “under terms he could not accept,” according to a statement released by the EEOC.
The terms included an annual rate of pay “significantly less” than what he was earning as a project director “because it did not want a non-verbal deaf person to direct the program,” the statement said.
FSA agreed to a five-year consent decree, in which it agreed to pay Emmons $15,000. FSA also agreed to provide training to all management-level employees, including the executive director, on avoiding employment discrimination, according to the EEOC.
FSA, which has provided service to the area for more than 100 years, offers counseling services for families and individuals, as well as community services for the hearing impaired.
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